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    Quiet T Tuesday

    September 3, 2013 - By 

    school startsThe buses have come to get my kidlets for the first day of school.This is the last year for each of them in each of their schools. Next year they each move up to new schools. My days as an elementary school library volunteer are numbered.

    The house is extremely quiet.

    Gracie is already napping.

    listI’ve been working on my list.Somethings are must do today and some will stretch out to the rest of the week.

    I haven’t used a list most of the summer. It feels good to get back on track.

    So where is my beverage of choice today since it is T stands for Tuesday after all.coffee's done

    Well, my coffee was gone long ago since I was up at dark:30. My cup has already been washed and returned to the rack.  How’s that for efficient?!

    Wish me luck keeping that pace.

    I’m skipping knitting today in favor of setting the house to right after a week of everyone including Mr. G being home.

    We’ve been busy soaking up the last bits of summer even in the extreme heat of last week.

    skyflyerWe went to the fair that was being dubbed the Great Minnesota “sweat-together” rather than get-together.

    The day we went it was about 95°F with a heat index of 105°F. We came home about 2pm since Little J had school open house that afternoon. Just as I was going to shower to get presentable, our power went out.  Little J and I each had a nice candle lit shower. We went to school with wet heads since a hair dryer wasn’t an option. Oh well.

    Luckily our power was restored in fairly short order so we could enjoy the A/C and fans overnight.skytower

    I’m not really sure what’s going on with our power grid around here but it’s starting to make me nervous.

    This last photo was taken from the Space Tower. You can see the Minneapolis skyline in the background. I had never been on the Space Tower before. I was glad we did it right away in the morning because I’m sure it would get very hot and stuffy towards afternoon.

    Enough blather from me…I need to tackle my list!

    What are you doing today?

     

     

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    T stands for Tomatoes!

    August 27, 2013 - By 

    Today's harvestThanks for joining me today for T stands for Tuesday…or in this case…TOMATOES!

    As much as I hate the heat and humidity that always seems to come with the end of August, I love the tomatoes that my garden is producing. I’m also still getting a good handful of green beans each day. The cucumbers have yellow pear tomatoesbeen a bit of a disappointment but at least they did something.

    And just look at all these yellow pear tomatoes!! They are so sweet and yummy. They sit like candy on the counter waiting to be nibbled in this lovely basket that I won from a fellow blogger a couple years back.

    garden toamotesThe garden is starting to look a bit haggard but just look at those lovelies on the vine!

    I’m watering them from our rain barrels twice a day in this heat. I’m afraid I’m going to reach the proverbial “bottom of the barrel” very soon if we don’t get any rain.

    Our family is planning to brave the heat one of the days this week for a visit to the state fair. We may melt in the heat.  Hopefully I’ll get some fun pictures to share of “The Great Minnesota Get-Together”

    What are you doing today?

     

     

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    T Tuesday: a week in review

    August 20, 2013 - By 

    T TuesdayHere it is Tuesday again and I’m linking up with my friend Elizabeth for T stands for Tuesday. I’m pretty sure time is speeding up as we approach Labor Day and the start of school.

    Little J and I made use of the time that her big brother was at camp last week. Being a teenage boy, he hates shopping. I’m not so fond of it myself but my girl…she can shop!! We went to Kohl’s 3 days last week. Yikes! The third was unscheduled…we stopped by my mom’s and she wanted to get something to wear for an upcoming wedding.

    thank you cardLittle J and I also went to Goodwill twice, Costco, the Mall (not MOA), ACE hardware, Target and of course, the grocery store.  Geesh. We didn’t buy a lot but all those add up to a lot of time and moola. But now with the exception of shoes for the boy…I am DONE!! No more shopping for school.

    We had a quiet weekend with a neighborhood bonfire Saturday. Late Sunday evening was a bit more exciting. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Everyone seemed to come out from their homes to see if the world swimwas ending or if it was just them without electricity.  Power was out for a huge area even though it was a gorgeous night without a cloud in the sky. We have yet to find out why.

    In addition, we’ve been still Cuttlebug crazy. I’m going to get it all packed up and give it back this week. I want my family room back!!

    Since the hot humid weather has finally found its way back to MN…we went for a dip in a friends pool. Ah, refreshing.

    Today we have another busy Tuesday on tap. It’s going to be a scorcher too! Yuck.

    What are you doing today?

    Maybe you should stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s for a spell.